What does previous version of setup do?

[Goodmen9008]

I just setting up windows 11 I don't know does do?

Is it for keeping the files or no?

[RadiatingLight]

Not sure what it does, but it probably isn't relevant here. I would guess it's for compatibility reasons. (Perhaps there are things that the old version of setup was able to do, that haven't been ported over to the new setup?)

Here's the important thing:

You are about to delete everything on your computer

(or, at least on the primary drive.)

If you are not prepared to delete everything on your drive, do not continue.

[Goodmen9008]

2 hours ago, RadiatingLight said:

Not sure what it does, but it probably isn't relevant here. I would guess it's for compatibility reasons. (Perhaps there are things that the old version of setup was able to do, that haven't been ported over to the new setup?)

Here's the important thing:

You are about to delete everything on your computer

(or, at least on the primary drive.)

If you are not prepared to delete everything on your drive, do not continue.

How about ssd blank drive?

[RadiatingLight]

4 hours ago, Goodmen9008 said:

How about ssd blank drive?

Not sure exactly what you mean

When installing, you will be given a list of all drives/partitions in the system. You must wipe one of them in order to install Windows there.

 

If you have multiple drives, you can decide to only wipe one of them and leave the rest untouched, but if you're unfamilliar with Windows setup you may end up erasing the others as well, so it may be a good choice to physically disconnect them from the system.

 

If you want to install Windows onto an SSD that is already blank, you're in the right place.